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Originally Posted by Pregomeister
some mild ribbing is fine in my mind
Absolutely!. Hurts nobody....or shouldn't.
The thing that motivates me to post more than I normally would is jerks/arseholes that you just KNOW think they have the better of you but in reality do not. The dickheads that brag about things that are most likely fantasy. It's a matter of principle to not let them get away with it.
Very difficult to spar (have banter) with cowards that nip and bite from afar, illogically and irrationally, but won't (can't) use intellect to actually "score points" (for wont of a better term).
I quite enjoy mental sparring. I respect the person who can hold his own in banter and knows when to concede a point and willingly does so. I despise the jerk who is so weak that he can not admit a single fault.
It's a reflection of real life: Jerks I'll dismiss with words (and a punch if needed). But clever chaps who like a challenge, I will debate until he wins or I do. It's fun to test your brain. It's no matter to me if our politics differ, our choice of women is different, or our taste in shirts is not the same. Male, female, gay whatever....I enjoy meeting people who are fair-minded and who can think.
Brings to mind Don Trump. He's a braggart, a liar, repetitious in his attacks against his foes (because he has little intelligent imagination), and is an all-round jerk. I would harass him forever. Jerk.